Oprah's production company, Harpo Productions, was behind the 1999 TV film "Tuesdays With Morrie."

Oprah's production company, Harpo Productions, was behind the 1999 TV film "Tuesdays With Morrie."

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Mitch Albom (Hank Azaria, right) lives life in the fast lane. A successful sports writer, he does six things at once, never getting off the roller coaster. Only when he reconnects with Morrie Schwartz (Jack Lemmon), a man he used to call "coach," does Mitch learn to live life to its fullest, in the two-hour "ABC Original" film, "OPRAH WINFREY PRESENTS: TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE,"

Mitch Albom (Hank Azaria, right) lives life in the fast lane. A successful sports writer, he does six things at once, never getting off the roller coaster. Only when he reconnects with Morrie Schwartz (Jack Lemmon), a man he used to call "coach," does Mitch learn to live life to its fullest, in the two-hour "ABC Original" film, "OPRAH WINFREY PRESENTS: TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE," (Handout)

Mitch Albom (Hank Azaria, right) lives life in the fast lane. A successful sports writer, he does six things at once, never getting off the roller coaster. Only when he reconnects with Morrie Schwartz (Jack Lemmon), a man he used to call "coach," does Mitch learn to live life to its fullest, in the two-hour "ABC Original" film, "OPRAH WINFREY PRESENTS: TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE,"